Miscellaneous Plays, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1804 - 438 pages |
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... furely mad ; I came not , on my word , To fay aught to thee which an honeft ear Might not receive ; nor will I even fpeak , Since it fo moves thee RAYNER ( interrupting him eagerly ) . Ah , but I 32 RAYNER : Enter COUNT ZATERLOO. ...
... furely mad ; I came not , on my word , To fay aught to thee which an honeft ear Might not receive ; nor will I even fpeak , Since it fo moves thee RAYNER ( interrupting him eagerly ) . Ah , but I 32 RAYNER : Enter COUNT ZATERLOO. ...
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Joanna Baillie. RAYNER ( interrupting him eagerly ) . Ah , but thou must ! Thou must speak that , which , in its darkest hour , Push'd to extremity , ' midft ringing dizziness The ear of defperation doth receive , And I must listen to it ...
Joanna Baillie. RAYNER ( interrupting him eagerly ) . Ah , but thou must ! Thou must speak that , which , in its darkest hour , Push'd to extremity , ' midft ringing dizziness The ear of defperation doth receive , And I must listen to it ...
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... eagerly to the front of the stage . ) FIRST MAN . It founded to the right hand of us ; let us ftrike into this path . ( Horn founds again . ) SECOND MAN . Ay , there it founds again ; it is to this hand of us , but it is fo dark there ...
... eagerly to the front of the stage . ) FIRST MAN . It founded to the right hand of us ; let us ftrike into this path . ( Horn founds again . ) SECOND MAN . Ay , there it founds again ; it is to this hand of us , but it is fo dark there ...
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... eagerness , whilst the Second Man running back again to the bottom of the stage , fnatches the torch from the tree , and comes forward with it . Enter BERTRAM , GOBUS , and others , with Rayner as their prifoner . ) GOBUS ( Speaking as ...
... eagerness , whilst the Second Man running back again to the bottom of the stage , fnatches the torch from the tree , and comes forward with it . Enter BERTRAM , GOBUS , and others , with Rayner as their prifoner . ) GOBUS ( Speaking as ...
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... ( eagerly ) . What news ? what news of the prisoner ? MAN . He has just finished his defence , in which he has acquitted himself fo nobly , fetting off his words too with fuch a manly grace , that it is thought by every body he will be ...
... ( eagerly ) . What news ? what news of the prisoner ? MAN . He has just finished his defence , in which he has acquitted himself fo nobly , fetting off his words too with fuch a manly grace , that it is thought by every body he will be ...
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afide AMARYLLIS ARGYLL arms art thou Benlora BERTRAM bleffed brave CONJUROR CONSTANTINE COUNT ZATERLOO COUNTESS ZATERLOO CROWD dark DAVID dear doft thou DOLLY door doth DUGALD Enter ev'n ev'ry Exeunt Exit fear feen fhall fhould fide foldier fome fomething foul friends ftill ftrong fuch fure gen'rous give Glenfadden GREY hand HANNAH HARDIBRAND hath head hear heard heart heaven HELEN HEUGHO himſelf honour houſe JENKINS JUSTINIANI LADY GOODBODY laft LANDLADY laſt LOCHTARISH look lord Lorne Maclean madam mafter MAHOMET MARDONIO MARTHON Mifs MIRA MISS MARTIN moft moſt muft muſt myſelf noble o'er OSMIR OTHORIC OTHUS pafs pardon PETRONIUS PIPER pleaſe pray prefent RAYNER reft RODRIGO ROSA ſay SCENE ſhall ſhe SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill thee theſe thine thing thofe thoſe thou art thou wilt thro Turk VALERIA VASSAL voice whofe woman WORSHIPTON
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Page 439 - THE MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER; consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland ; with a few of a modern Date, founded on local Tradition. With an Introduction, and Notes by the Editor, WALTER SCOTT, Esq.